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The Critical Need for Christian Counseling

Every pastor needs to watch this video.

Christian counseling training is based on the Bible and is desperately needed in the Church.
Training in Christian Counseling is based on the Bible

There is a desperate need for salvation-based Christian counseling, Bible-based life coaches and small group in the church. 

 

America and much of the world is becoming biblically illiterate and it is having an affect on our society.

Nearly one-half of marriages end in divorce, at least one-fourth of the women have been sexually or physically abused, at least one-fourth of the members of our society are codependent, and one out of ten are chemically dependent.  Almost everyone knows someone who is in desperate need of help. Unfortunately, these statistics apply in the church as well as in society.

 

Every Church Needs Counselors, Life Coaches, and Small group leaders.

      Every flock of sheep needs a shepherd or they will scatter.  As the flock grows it will eventually need a veterinarian (the counselor) to tend the sick sheep, a sheep dog (the Bible-based life coach) to help them find and achieve their calling, and under-shepherds (small group/support group leaders), because one shepherd realistically can only spend personal time with a limited number of sheep.  

  

      Another reason to incorporate these roles into the church body is that counseling, life coaching, and support groups provide an excellent means for growing your church.  In the Outreach Magazine Pastor Rick Warren stated that Celebrate Recovery groups draw 70% of their members from outside of the church and that 85% of them remain in the church after going to a support group.

 

       Support groups automatically result in some of the members wanting more individualized counseling. Counseling provides an excellent means of leading people to Christ because when they come for help they will find that Christ is the answer that most of them have really been looking for. The need for the counseling ministry continues to grow as our society comes into the church and the post-Christian culture continues to deteriorate around us.

 

         In addition, many people in our society and churches also need direction in their lives. This is the mission of the Life Coach--to help people find their calling and to disciple them in their Christian lives and calling until they achieve it

 

Faith Therapy

The Faith Therapy Curriculum was developed over a period of years based on a new methodology developed at Word of Life Institute but expanded to cover all of the most important topics commonly encountered in the church counseling and life coaching environment.   Currently the unique portion of this curriculum consists of four books and 16 video courses.  It provides both self-help resources for individuals and college curriculum for effectively training Christian counselors and Bible-based life coaches. 

 

      Over the years and with quit a number of graduates, not only has this curriculum proven to be very easy to teach and implement in churches, but it has proven to be an extremely effective and an appropriate means of evangelism in this culture and for missions in other cultures.  All of our methodology directly includes evangelism since without salvation by faith the best that counseling can do is make more effective participants for the rat race of life and does nothing to prepare them for eternity.   

Counseling training is based on biblical salvation by faith.

Our Faith Therapy counseling training is derived directly from the biblical process of salvation by faith and is provided by "The Just Shall Live by Faith" series of books published by Reiner Publishing.

This book explains Faith Therapy--using faith to to resolve basic counseling issues.
Faith Therapy Book

Faith Therapy--Understanding salvation by faith and resolving deeply-rooted problems. This book and course provide a psychological understanding of the process of salvation by faith, winning the trial of your faith, how to increase faith, how to assess faith, and how to apply it to meet your deepest needs for self-worth, significance, security, and love. It includes models for conquering the common problems of low self-image, pride, selfish desires, strife, fear, spiritual oppression, lust, and for developing healthy attachment. It is easily taught and applied in churches because it is completely based on the Bible.

Purchase one Faith Therapy book direct $18.43

This book deals with complex counseling models and issues.
Transformation Book

Transformation!--Biblical Models for counseling some of Life's most difficult and complex problems in the church. This book and course contains many new insights including a comprehensive plan for Christian counseling derived directly from the Bible, in-depth biblical answers for complex psychological problems based on the types and shadows interpretation of biblical stories, models and quick reference guides for counseling 20 of the most difficult problems in the church today including inferiority, abandonment, dysfunctional families, setting boundaries, six types of codependency, abuse, four types of addictions, bitterness, depression, grief, and suicide.

 

 

Purchase one Transformation book direct $18.57

This book deals with the eight steps to spiritual maturity.
Revelations Book

Revelations That Will Set You Free--An eight step road map for spiritual growth. This book and course material includes a summary of biblical growth models and Old and New Testament revelations of the character of God, a comprehensive explanation of each of the eight steps of spiritual growth found in 2 Peter Chapter 1: Faith, for salvation; Virtue, making Jesus Lord; Knowledge, learning I cannot keep the law; Self-control through grace, Perseverance by knowing who I am in Christ; Godliness allowing Christ to live His life through me, Brotherly Kindness, letting Jesus love His bothers through me: and Love, letting Jesus be Himself through me.  It also provides a model from the Bible demonstrating how each step is achieved so you can grow spiritually toward Christian maturity.

Purchase one Revelations book direct $18.43

This book explains how to use biblical principles to build counseling plans.
Principles Book

Principles for Life--Using biblical principles to resolve problems not directly addressed in the Bible. This book and course explains 44 of the most important principles in the Bible from a psychological perspective and provides an in-depth method for developing counseling plans using biblical principles for common psychological problems based on Proverbs Chapter 3. This material includes a discussion of 13 classical methods of biblical change, a new model for understanding the human heart called "The Train of Psychological Wholeness," and techniques for applying biblical principles in counseling. It includes counseling plans and methods for treating anxiety, panic attacks, obsessions, compulsions, sexual abuse, domestic violence, marital problems, and Borderline Personality Disorder.

Purchase one Principles book direct $18.86

Word of Life Ministries and Schools

Word of Life Ministries and Schools is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to meeting the needs of people and furthering the Kingdom of God.  Our mission statement is to "have as many outreaches as possible to save as many souls as possible." Within this corporation is Word of Life Church with two campuses, a day care, a traditional school grades K-12, a teen ministry, a counseling center, and Word of Life Christian Counseling Training Institute.  

 

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 4:11